The Origin Of Pies: The History Of Pies

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Roy Myers
Fronshea Hillman
HOSP 105 - CAL
27 April 2014
The History of Pies
For hundreds of years pies have served as a popular desert in most homes. Pies range from a variety of fruits, nuts, vegetables, and even meats. Sayings and beliefs have arisen such as “as American as the apple pie” as well as beliefs that the first Thanksgiving featured pumpkin and pecan pies, as well as pies always had been light and fluffy; but how true are these theories?
Pies are often formed using a pastry shell which mainly served as a baking dish, storage container, and serving vessels. For hundreds of years it served as the only form of a baking container, essentially everything was a pie. The first pies, often holding meats were tall, straight sided, and included sealed on lids and floors. These pies were often called “coffins” or “coffyns” (the word at the time meant a box or basket). Pies that held assorted meats and sauce components were baked more like a modern casserole with no pan (the crust itself was the pan, the shell tough and inedible) were open-top pies known as traps. Small pies were kn...

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